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UNITED STATES PATENT CEEicE.

CHARLES I STEINMETZ, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENERALELECTRIC COMPANY, OF NEIV YORK.

OPERATING ALTERNATING MOTORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,340, dated August3, 1897.

Application filed November 23, 1893. Serial No. 491,718. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. STEIN- METZ, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Lynn, Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Methods of and Apparatus for OperatingAlternating-Current Electric Motors,of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to alternating-current electric motors, especiallythose commonly known as induction-motors, and has for its object toprovide an improved method of and means for operating such motors. Itcomprises a combination of circuits with a plurality of motors fed fromthe same source of power-supply, whereby they are adapted to run at aspeed below that which either one would have if connected directly intothe supply-circuit, and also a series of combinations ofcircuits,whereby the said motors may be run at varying speeds; also, inthe use of a non-inductive resistance which is arranged to be includedin the secondary of the ultimate motor or motors of a series in startingor in changing the speed.

By my invention I am enabled to run alternating-current motors at fullefficiency and at different speeds or at full efficiency when fed withcurrents of a periodicity much higher than would be permissible were themotors connected directly to the line in the usual manner, and also toobtain the same good re sults in regulating the power and speed of anumber of alternating-current motors as are obtained by the use of theseries-parallel method of control used with continuous-current motors.To these ends I employ two or more motors, one of which must be aninduction-motor and the other of which is supplied with current from theinduced or secondary winding of the first motor. In case a third motoris used in the same motor series it is supplied with current from thesecondary winding of the second motor, and so on. In other words, forany number of motors the primary winding of the first motor is connecteddirectly in to the supply-circuit. The

induced winding becomes the source of supply for the inducing-winding ofthe next succeeding motor, whose induced winding in turn becomes thesource of supply for the next. In this manner in such a motor serieseach motor has a twofold functionfirst, as a motor converting a part ofthe supplied electrical energy into mechanical work, and, second, as atransformer, transforming part of the supplied electrical energy intoelectrical energy of the same or of different electromotive force and oflower frequency suitable for the next following motor. In thisarrangement the speed of the second motor, if two motors are used, willcorrespond to the lower frequency of the current supplied by thesecondary winding of the first mot-or,while the speed of the first motorwill correspond to the difference between the line frequency and thefrequency of the current supplied to the second motor, so that if bothmotors have the same number of poles the sum of their speeds issubstantially equal to the speed which each motor would have whenconnected or running alone on the main circuit. If one of the motors hasa greater or less number of poles than the other, its speed will beincreased or reduced proportionally.

The speed which one motor would assume if connected directly into thecircuit in the usual way is by this arrangement divided up between thetwo, so that both may run at half speed, or the one at one-third and theother at two-thirds speed, or in any other desired proportion. In thissame manner the speed may be divided up among three or more motors, andeach motor will run at full efficiency at one-half, one-thi rd, one-fourth speed, or at any other fraction of the speed at which it would runif connected directly to the line. It is known that an induction-motorcan be run at a speed below its normal by inserting a non-inductiveresistance into its secondary circuit, but this practice would result ina loss of efficiency due to the waste of energy in the resistance. Mypresent invention substitutes a second motor for this non-inductiveresistance, by which the energy is utilized for doing mechanical work inthe second and other following motors instead of being wasted in theresistance.

My invention comprises also means for changing the speed of each motorby varying the number of motors constituting the group or by changingthe manner in which they are coupled in circuit. Starting, for example,with the motors connected ta1'1dem-wisethat is to say, with thesecondary member of one motor in circuit with the primary member of asecond motorthe primary members are for a higher speed thrown intomultiple and their secondaries closed. In many cases, where the numberof motors in the series is sufficient, the motors are also connected attimes in what I term multiple-tandem groups, meaning thereby two or moremotors with their primaries connected in multiple to the supplymains andtheir secondaries .respectively in circuit with the primary members ofother motors, as illustrated in diagram 6, Figure 5.

YVhen two or more induction-motors mechanically coupled together areconnected in tandem in the manner described, the speed at which themotors will run is determined by the frequency of the main currentapplied to the leader of the series of motors and the number of motors.For example, two motors so connected will run at substantially half thespeed of a single motor, while if the motors are thrown into multiplethe speed will be doubled. In this manner changes of speed may bereadily secured by changing the number of motors in circuit or the orderin which they are connected, and the control thus secured maybe renderedeven more flexible by the use of resistances, as herein pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, herein referred to and made a part of thisspecification, Figs. 1 and 2 are diagrammatic illustrations of myinvention applied to two multiphase induction-motors. Fig. 3 is asimilar illustration applied to four multiphase motors, all of thesefigures showing a suitable controller. Fig. -l shows my invention inmodified form with a synchronous motor. Fig. 5 is a diagram illustratingits application to single-phase alternatingapparatus; and Fig. b showstwo motors connected to a common load, which is here represented as anordinary street-car.

In Fig. l the motor M is a three-phase induction-motor of the usualtype, the inducing fieldmagnet winding of which is fed by three-phasecurrents from any suitable source of power, as from a three-phasetransformer T, The secondary member or induced winding instead of beingdirectly closed upon itself or closed through a resistance in the usualmanner is connected to three collector-rings, and the three-phasecurrents taken up'by the collector-rings are fed to the primary or inducing winding of the motor-M, which is also a multiphaseinduction-motor. The induced secondary winding of the armatu re orrevoluble member A is closed through resistances R It R At 0, Irepresent the development of a controller-cylinder. The brushes a (Z 9are connected to the three brushes of the secondary member A of motorill, while the brushes I) c, c f, h i lead to the resistances mentioned.In the first position of the cyl inder the current is interrupted. Inposition 2 the brushes a Z), d e, and g it rest upon and areelectrically connected by the contacts S S S upon thecontroller-cylinder, whereby, as will be seen from the drawings, theresistances R R R are included in the different branches of the circuitof the secondary member of the motor M. The switehingconnections betweenthe transformer and the motor M are omitted for clearness. In position 3the brushes a b 0, (Z c f, and g h '2', respectively, rest upon thecontroller-contacts, whereby a portion of the different resistances iscut out, and in position a the secondary winding of motor M" is entirelyshort-circuited, since the brushes a (Z 9 rest upon contacts 5 s 8 whichare electrically connected, as is indicated in dotted lines.

The action is as follows: At starting, position 2, the rotary magneticfield set up by the primary winding of the motor BI acts upon thewinding of A and sets up corresponding secondary currents in itsconductors, producing a torque in the movable member. To limit thecurrent at starting, it has been customary heretofore to short-circ uitthe induced winding through a resistance,whieh is neces sary to get themaximum starting torque; but this plan wastes energy in the resistance,and instead of following such a methodI use the induced currents of thewinding of A as the source of supply for the primary winding of a secondmotor M, which is also provided with a secondary member, and theresistance I place in the closed circuit of the secondary member. Inthis manner Iobtain a starting torque from both motors,which is nearlydouble that which would be produced by the motor M alone. Both motorsnow begin to ro tate. It is to be noted, however, that when the inducedmember A is standing still the induced currents are of the samefrequency as those coming from the transforn'ier, while this frequencyis reduced when the member A is in rotation and becomes less and lessuntil at a synchronous speed the frequency of the induced currents wouldbe zero. The frequency of the currents supplied to the motor M willtherefore depend upon the rate of revolution of the secondary member A;and it is further evident that if the member A is run at halfsynchronous speed the currents supplied to the motor M are of halffrequency, and under these conditions both of the secondary members A Awill run at maximum efficiency at half the speed either would tend tohave if connected alone in the primary circuit. This is what takes placewhen two induction-motors coupled in tandem are geared to a common loadby gearing having the same ratio of reduction. The energy supplied tothe leaderof the series is consumed partly by the mechanical workperformed by the first motor and partly by the secondary currentsdelivered by the first to the second motor, which in this instance willhave substantially half the frequency of the main currents. It islikewise Lil evident that if the member A runs at onethird speed themember A will run at twothirds speed, and vice versa; or, generallystated, the total initial frequency may be divided up between the twomachines in any desired proportion and is then represented by the sum ofthe speeds, it being understood that the number of poles of both theinducing and induced elements in the two motors are the same. If not thesame, then the speeds would bear an inverse ratio to the number of thepoles of the respective machines. The resistances R R B may be cut outin order to increase the speed of both machines, as in the case ofordinary multiphase motors, by ad vancing the controller-cylinder to thepositions 3 and 4.

In Fig. 2 I show connections for two multiphase induction-motorsaccording to my invention whereby their speed and power may be furthervaried. T is a three-phase trans former 'with leads to the brushes a ce, the terminals of the inducing or primary winding of the motor M beingthe brushes Z) d f. h n are the brushes for the ends of theresistance-leads, the resistance-coils being shown at R R R and i Z 0are the brushes, including a portion only of this resistance. 1) q r arebrushes to which lead connections from the respective conductors unitingthe second ary members A A of the motors.

In Fig. l the current from the member A is taken up by collector-ringsand fed to the inducing element of the motor M- that is, the stationaryelement, but as either the station ary or revoluble element may be theinducing element one set of the collecting-rings may be dispensed withby connecting the 1 2 3 leads from the members A A together, Abecomingnow the inducing element of the motorM and the outer member theinduced element. As indicated in the drawings, the 1 leads of the motormembers A A are connected to a collector-ring r, the 2 leads to a ring1", and the 3 leads to a ring r Position 1 of the controller is the idleposition, as before. In position 2 the brushes a Z), c d, e f, g h, j7.2, and m H are united by the contacts S S S S S S on theswitch-cylinder, and the mo tors bear the same relation as in position2, Fig. 1-that is, both motors have about the same starting torque. Inposition 3 onehalf of each of the resistances R R R is out out orshort-circuited from the closed circuited induced winding of the motorM, increasing the speed of each machine. In position i the resistance isentirely short-cireuited and the speed of the motors M M is stillfurther increased. In position 5 a distinct change is made in the orderof connections. Both motors now have their primary windings fed inmultiple from the transformer T, current from a passing to brushes 1)and g, from c to d and j, and from c to f and m. The functions of thestationary and movable members of the motor M are thus reversed, theouter member becoming now the inducing and the inner member the inducedelement. A corresponding change is made as regards the resistance, whichmust of course be included in the induced circuit. Therefore in thisposition the brushes h 7t n of the resistances R R R are now connectedby the switch-contacts to the brushes q r 19, respectively, which latterconnect to the three conductors uniting the members A A by the brushesand collector-rings r 0'' r \Ve thus have the motors M M running inmultiple from the transformer T, and manifestly both will now tend toreach the normal speed of an induction-motor connected to the circuit.In this position the resistance B may be gradually reduced in amountuntil it is entirely cut out, as is illustrated, respectively, inpositions 6 and 7. In position 6 the resistance is decreased and thespeed accelerated, and finally in position '7, where the resistance isentirely short-eircuited and the motors run at full speed, connected inmultiple to the transformer T. It will be seen that if the motors M Mare connected to the same workas, for instance, in propellingrailway-vehicles-the series of connections above described affords avery efficient and useful method of changing their torque and speed,giving, in effect, a series of connections for alternating-currentmotors having the advantage of what is known as the series-parallelcontrol of continuous-current motors.

By referring to the development of the switch-cylinder in Fig. 2 it willbe seen that the first four positions corres )ond with the similarposit-ions of the switch shown in Fig. 1, the only difference being thatthe switch not only controls the connections between the motors, butalso in the first position breaks circuit between the transformer T andthe first of the motors, additional contacts S S S being provided forthis purpose. In position 5 the brushes g j at rest, respectively, uponcontacts 8 8 5 which are connected with S S S so that theinducing-windings of the motors are in multiple with the source ofpower-supply. The brushes 19 q r rest upon contacts .9 s s and thebrushes h it n on confacts s 5 8". The contact 3' is connected to s ands to so that the circuit from ring 0", for example, may be traced asfollows: from con-- tact s to 3 brush k, resistance R, where the currentmay divide, part passing through resistance R, brush a, contact .9,brush 1), and ring T the other path being through resistance R brush 71,contact 8, contact 8", brush q, and ring 4". In position 6 part of theresistances are short-circuited, and in position 7 the resistances areentirely short-circuited, since the brushes 1; q r are all connected bythe contact 5 This method of control may be applied to any number ofmotors, as in Fig. 3, which shows its application to fourinduction-motors M M M M each of the last three motors receiving itsenergizing-current from the induced winding of the preceding motor. Ifthese motors have the same number of poles and are connected to the samework, they will run at maximum efficiency at one-fourth the speed theywould have connected singly into the supply-circuit. As either windingof the induction-motor may act as the induced member, they areillustrated interchangeably in the figure, this arrangement allowing meto dispense with one set of sliding connections, as already explained inconnection with Fig. 2. A series of connections similar to that shown inFig. 2 may be carried out in the case of the four motors here shown, andevidently the combinations for different speeds which may be effectedare largely increased. Thus the motors may all be placed in series atthe start with the resistances R R R in the induced winding of the lastmotor of the series. The resistance may then be reduced and finally cutout, short-circuiting the secondary or induced conductors of the lastmotor. The primary windings of motors M M may then be placed in multiplewith the transformer T, with their secondaries closed, respectively,through the primary windings of the motors ill M All the motors will nowrun at one half their highest speed. After this they may be placed inmultiple for the final and highest speed. Throughout these diiferentarrangements of connections the resistances R R B may be used or not, asdesired. It may be found advisable to use the resistances at the start.It is obvious that when the motors are connected to the same work theconnections of the primary and secondary circuits must always be such aswill cause the movable members to revolve in the desired direction.

In Fig. 4E I show that the second motor may be a synchronously-runningmachine with its field-magnets excited by a continuous current from anysuitable source, as from an exciter E, regulated in the usual way by aresistance R. In this case one of the induction-motors of the formerfigures is replaced by a synchronous motor, to which currents aredelivered from the induced winding A. It will consequently run at aspeed corresponding to this frequency, as does the induction-motor abovementioned. One advantage of this arrangement is that the second motor Mmay be regulated to control the phase relation of current andelectromotive force, as described in my application, Serial No. 404,265,filed August 31, 1891, this regulation being effected in the inducedcircuit of the first motor and thereby in the inducing-circuit and mainline.

\Vhile I have so far shown the invention as used with multiphasecurrents, it is equally applicable to alternating currents of anycharacter, whether of one or more phases, and in Fig. 5 I show a seriesof four motors fed by single-phase alternating currents in variousconnections for changing their speed in accordance with my invention. Indiagram 1 four motors M M M M are shown as supplied with single-phasealternating currents from a dynamo D and intermediate transformer T, themotors being arranged as in Fig. 3that is, each inducing winding of themotors M M M is fed by the secondary wind ing of the preceding motor,and in the last induced winding is included a resistance R, as before.This gives the lowest speed. In diagram 2 the secondary winding of themotor M is short-circuited and the motors now run at one-quarter fullspeed. In diagram 3 the fourth motor is cut out and the secondarywinding of the third motor is closed through the resistance. In diagram1 this winding is short-circuited and the motor series runs at one-thirdspeed, one motor being entirely cut out. In diagram 5 the inducingwindings of the first and third motors are joined in parallel and theirinduced windings feed into the inducing windings of the motors M Mrespectively, the induced windings of these motors being joined inparallel and closed through the resistance R. In diagram 0 the inducedwindings of the motors M M are closed-circuited, and the motors are thusplaced in two groups, each of two motors in tandem, whereby the speed ismade one-half the highest speed, and in diagram 7 the inducing membersof all the motors are joined in parallel and each induced winding isshort-circuited or closed on local circuit, whereby the motors are runat full speed.

The diagrams above described show different arrangements in which themotors can be coupled in order and obtain varying speeds and torques.Thus in diagrams 1 and 2 a number of motors are connected in tandem, andin diagram 3 it is indicated that different speeds may be secured bycutting one or more motors out of circuit, and finally in diagram 7 theposition of highest speed is represented with the motors in multiple. Ido not, however, make a specific claim to the invention of changingmotors from tandem to multiple by first cutting out one of the motorsand then reconnecting the cut-out motor or motors in multiple.

In all of the above combinations of circuits between alternating motorsarranged in the manner described I prefer that they should also bemechanically connected or geared together in the ratio of their desiredspeeds, reference being had to the relative number of poles of thedifferent motors. here this is not done, a tendency to oscillation mayexist or one motor may revolve at a speed out of proportion to theother.

Gearing the motors together insures a proper division of the speed ofthe motors-that is to say, of the speed at which alternating currents ofgiven frequency would drive a single motor when connected in circuit inthe ordinary manner. The invention, therefore, is especially applicableto installations where two or more motors are required to drive a commonload and where variable speeds of the driven load are desirableas, forinstance, in electric railways.

In Fig. 6 two alternating motors of the type hereinbeforc speciallymentioned are shown mounted on the truck of a railway-car Q. The motorsare respectively geared to the two axles of the truck. The motors aresupplied with current in any desired manner, and the circuit-wiresleading to their primary and secondary parts are shown as wrapped intoan insulating-cable Q, which extends to controlling-switches at theopposite end of the car. The onlypart of this'arrangement,110wever,material to the present invention is the gearing of two motors to acommon load. By the controlling-switches the motors may be coupled intandem, as already explained, so as to drive the car at substantiallyhalfsynchronous speed, and other combinations of circuits, such asalready described, may be effected.

So far as I am aware I am the first to devise a method and means ofoperating alterhating-current motors in tandem, and I am also the firstto combine alternating-current motors with a controller by means ofwhich they may be connected in various combinations, in tandem or inmultiple, to obtain va-' rious speeds and torques. I therefore wish toclaim, broadly, such combinations as I have herein indicated.

Where I employ the term multiphase in describing my invention I do notmean to limit myself to those cases wherein a multiphase effect isobtained by means external to the motor; but I also mean to include allmethods of obtaining rotary magnetic fields by a succession of phases inthe motor however they may be obtained, whether by windings in the motoritself or by a phase-splitter or directly from the transformer orgenerator.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The method of operating alternating-current motors, which consists infeeding alter nating currents to one member of one such motor from asource of power-supply, converting the energy so supplied to the motorpartly into mechanical energy expended in driving a driven mechanism,and partly into electrical energy in the form of alternating currentsinduced in the secondary element of the motor, and supplying a secondalternating motor with the said secondary currents, as set forth. I

2. The method of operating alternating-current motors, which consists infeeding alternating currents to one member of such a motor, convertingthat portion of the energy so supplied, which is not utilized asmechanical work performed by the motor, into electrical energy in theform of alternating currents induced in the secondary member of themotor, and supplying such currents to a second translating devicedirectly or indirectly in circuit with the induced member of the motor,as set forth.

3. The method of opera-ting alternating-current motors of the inductiontype, which consists in feeding alternating currents to the primaryorinducingmember of one such motor, inducing secondary currents ofdifferent frequency in the secondary member of the motor, and feedingsuch secondary currents to the inducing member of a secondinduction-motor, provided with a closed-circuited secondary member.

4. The method of operating alternating-current motors of the inductiontype, which consists in feeding multiphase currents to the primarymember of an induction-motor, inducing secondary currents of differentfrequency in the secondary member of the motor by its rotation in themagnetic field of the primary member, and closing the circuit of thesecondary member through the primary of a second induction-motorprovided with a closed-circuited secondary.

5. The method of operating alternating-current motors of the inductiontype, which consists in supplying the primary member of one such motorwith alternating currents from a source of power-supply, and the primarymembers of one or more other motors in succession with current inducedin the secondary member of the preceding motor, and regulating themotors by varying the resistance of the circuit of the secondary memberof the last motor.

6. The method of operating a plurality of alternating-current motors ofthe induction type, which consists in coupling them in tandem, asdescribed, with the secondary of one motor in circuit with the primaryof another motor, then coupling them in multiple-tandem groups, andfinally, for a still higher speed, coupling them in multiple, as setforth.

7. The method of operatingalternating-current motors of the inductiontype, which consists in connecting them in circuit tandem- Wise with aresistance in the local circuit of the last-induced member, thenreducing and cutting out the resistance, then connecting the motors in1nultipletandem groups, and finally connecting them all in multiple.

8. The method of regulating alternating current electric motors of theinduction type, which consists in connecting the secondary or inducedelement of one motor with the inducing element of a second motor, andthen connecting the inducing elements of the different motors inmultiple with the same source of currentsupply, as set forth.

9. The method of regulating alternatingcurrent electric motors of theinduction type, which consists in connecting the secondary or inducedelement of one motor with the inducing element of a second motor, andwith the secondary of the second motor closed-circuited, and thenconnecting the inducing elements of the different motors in multiplewith I the same source of current-supply, and closing the secondaryelements of the two motors, as set forth.

10. The method of regulating alternatingcurrentelectric motors, whichconsists in 0011- necting the induced element of one motor with theinducing element of a second motor and with a resistance in circuit withthe induced element of the second motor, then cutting out theresistance, and finally coupling the ind ucing elements of the motors inmultiple, and closing the circuits of their secondary elements.

11. The method of regulating alternatingcurrent motors of the inductiontype, which consists in feeding the inducing element' of one motor withalternating currents, connecting the induced element of the motor withthe inducing element of a second motor and with a resistance in thecircuit of the secondary element of the last-mentioned motor, varyingtheresistance,couplingtheinducing elements of the motors in parallel andclosing the induced elements through a resistance, and finally cuttingout the resistance, as set forth.

12. The combination of two alternatingcurrent motors each geared to adriven mechanism of which the inducing element of one is in circuit withthe induced element of the other.

13. In combination, a plurality of alternating-current motors eachgeared to a driven mechanism having relatively revolving inducing andinduced members, the induced member of each motor except the lastconnected to the inducing member of the next succeeding motor, and aresistance included in the induced circuitof the last motor,wherebyalternating-current motors may be operated in tandem, as set forth..

1i. The combination of a plurality of alternating-current motors eachgeared to a driven mechanism having relatively revolving primary andsecondary members, and a resistance, with a switch, contacts andelectrical connections for coupling the secondary element of one motorin circuit with the primary member of a second motor, and for couplingthe whole or a desired portion of the resistance in circuit with thesecondary member of the lastnamed motor.

15. The combination of two or more alteri'iating-current motors gearedtogether or me chanically connected to a common driven mechanism, andhaving the induced element of one motor in circuit with the inducingmember of a second motor, as set forth.

16. The combination with two or more alternating-currentinduction-motors having relatively-rcvolving inducing and inducedmembers, and mechanically connected to a common driven mechanism, withmeans for supplying multiphase alternating currents to the inducingmember of one motor, and connections between the induced member of themotor and the inducing member of a second motor, as set forth.

17. The combination of a plurality ofalternating-currentinduction-motors,and a switch for coupling theinduced member of one motor to the inducing member of a second motor,and for connecting the inducing members of the two motors in multiple,as set forth.

18. The method of varying the speed of driven mechanism connected to aplurality of alternating motors of the induction type, which consists inconnecting the motors in tandem, that is to say, with the induced elment of one motor connected to the inducing member of another, andchanging the number of the motors so connected, by cutting one or moremotors into and out of the series so connected, as set forth.

19. The method of operating alternatingcurrent meters of the inductiontype mechanically coupled together or geared to a common drivenmechanism, which consists in supplying to one such motor energy in theform of alternating electric currents from a source of power-supply, andsupplying to a second motor the excess of energy not expended inmechanical work performed by the first motor, in the form of alternatingcurrents induced in the secondary member of the first motor.

20. The method of operating alternatingcurrent motors of the inductiontype, which consists in connecting them to a source of power-supply intandem, in the manner described, then throwing the inducing element ofone motor and the induced element of a second motor into multiple withthe source of supply, and closing the circuit of the remain ing elementsof such motors, as described.

21. In combination, a plurality of alternating-current motors havinginducing and induced members, and circuit connections from the inducedmember of each motor except the last feeding current into the inducingmember of a succeeding motor, the induced member of the last motor beingclosed-circuited.

Signed at Lynn, Massachusetts, this 20th day of November, 1803.

CHARLES P. STEINMETZ.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN W. Grnnoxnv, BENJAMIN B. HULL.

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